Handwritten letter from Schenker to Herztka, dated October 31, 1908
[ Excerpt from a 2-page letter, 3-paragraph letter concerning the Instrumentation Table, and Beitrag zur Ornamentik, of which this is the third paragraph]
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Soeben sind die ersten Korrekturen meines II. Kontrapunktbandes von Cotta eingelaufen, – ich habe genau 3 Monate Verspätung erlitten, in der Zeit, die die Ornamentik in Anspruch genommen hat, mir dabei hat endlich fehlen müssen–, bis au[ c ]h diese große Arbeit hinter mir ist, will ich wieder einige besondere Vorschläge machen.
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© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005. |
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Herztka, dated October 31, 1908
[ Excerpt from a 2-page letter, 3-paragraph letter concerning the Instrumentation Table, and Beitrag zur Ornamentik, of which this is the third paragraph]
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The first proofs of my second Counterpoint volume have just started coming in from Cotta—I have suffered three whole months' delay while occupied with Ornamentation, time that I ultimately forfeited—. Once this big job, too, is behind me, I again want to put some particular proposals to you.
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© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005. |